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Maldives’ Special Envoy for Climate Change delivers closing remarks at the Pre-COP26 buzz event titled ”Our Climate, Our Present, Our Future – A SIDS Perspective”

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3 years ago

21/10/2021

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Maldives’ Special Envoy for Climate Change Ms Sabra Ibrahim Noordeen delivered closing remarks this afternoon at the Pre-COP26 buzz event hosted by the Maldives in partnership with the UN in Maldives.

The event titled “Our Climate, Our Present, Our Future – A SIDS Perspective” was hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology (MECCT) in collaboration with UN in the Maldives, notably UNDP and the UNICEF in the Maldives. The event centered upon fostering partnerships and aimed at providing young people with an opportunity to make their voices heard on the Maldives’ road to climate resilience. It also addressed the issue of broader private sector representation in addressing climate change ahead of the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Speaking at the event, Ms Noordeen praised the important work carried out by UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, in incorporating climate change into the national curriculum.

In her remarks, Ms Noordeen stated that education; training and public awareness about the climate crisis is an essential aspect of the Paris Agreement and one that does not always get the attention it deserves. She underlined the importance of listening to young people express their frustrations, anxieties, demands and solutions about their future in a heating world. She stressed that at the core of these demands is the need for greater urgency and ambition in cutting carbon emissions, access to resources and funding for adaptation, and ensuring just transitions and that these demands should be heard, especially in the lead up to COP26. Ms Noordeen affirmed the need for young people to have more seats at the table, as policymakers, in essence, to institutionalise having young people at the heart of climate action and decision-making.

Ms Noordeen also highlighted how the importance of persistent advocacy in policy formulation citing the Government’s single use plastic phase out plan as a primary example.

Comparing Maldives’ carbon emissions to the global context, Ms. Noordeen stated that a radical shift to renewable energy will provide the Maldives the opportunity to build the resilience needed in the coming decades.

The Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Ms Aminath Shauna, the UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, Ms. Sun Ah Kim Suh, the British High Commissioner for Maldives, Ms. Caron Rohsler, the UN Resident Coordinator a.i., Enrico Gaveglia, Ms. Catherine Haswell representing UNRC, and experts, business leaders and young people from the Maldives and other small islands developing states (SIDS), attended and addressed at today’s event.

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Nasheed to form new party

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12 months ago

17/05/2023

The main ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s leader Mohamed Nasheed has decided to form a new political party.

Nasheed initiated a separate political movement within MDP, ‘Fikuregge Dhirun’, following his loss in MDP’s presidential primary held back in January. After major conflicts with the government and its policies – all lawmakers from the faction tendered their resignation from MDP on Wednesday.

The move came after Central Henveiru MP Ali Azim was expelled from the party on Tuesday and banned from rejoining for at least one year over involvement in opposition political activities surrounding the Chagos archipelago dispute.

The 12 members who resigned from MDP on Wednesday are;

Parliament’s Deputy Speaker, North Galolhu MP Eva Abdulla
Ungoofaaru MP Mohamed Waheed (Wadde)
North Maafannu MP Imthiyaz Fahumy (Inthi)
West Henveiru MP Hassan Latheef
Hulhudhoo MP Ilyas Labeeb
North Kulhudhuffushi MP Yasir Abdul Latheef
Vilufushi MP Hassan Afeef
Central Maafannu MP Ibrahim Rasheed (Bonde)
Madaveli MP Hussain Firushan
Thoddoo MP Hassan Shiyan (Gita)
North Mahchangoalhi MP Mohamed Rasheed (Boadhigu)
Gadhdhoo MP Ahmed Zahir
All 12 members are close acquittances of Nasheed. MP Hassan Latheef, during a meeting at Bodufenvalhuge on Wednesday, announced Nasheed’s decision to form a new political party. The meeting was attended by supporters of Nasheed.

Should Nasheed form a new political party, that party would be the largest opposition party in terms of members in the parliament, thereby, the minority party. The minority party at present, opposition PPM-PNC coalition has only eight members in the parliament.

Despite the resignation of the 12 MPs, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih continues to hold full control of the Parliament with 56 MPs.

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MPs loyal to Nasheed leave MDP

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12 months ago

17/05/2023

Multiple members of the main ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) loyal to the party’s leader Mohamed Nasheed have left the party.

The members who resigned from MDP include 12 MPs. They include Deputy Speaker Eva Abdulla, MP Mohamed Waheed, MP Imthiyaz Fahmy (Inthi), MP Hassan Latheef, MP Ilyas Labeeb, MP Yasir Abdul Latheef, MP Hassan Afeef, MP Ibrahim Rasheed (Bonde), MP Hussain Firushan, MP Hassan Shiyan, MP Mohamed Rasheed (Boadhigu), and MP Ahmed Zahir.

They submitted their resignation letters Wednesday.

The move comes after MDP’s parliamentary group had requested action against Inthi, Hassan Latheef, Ilyas, Yasir, and Central Henveiru MP Ali Azim earlier this week, for forming an alliance with the opposition Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), Jumhoory Party (JP) and Maldives National Party (MNP), after accusing the government of failure to protect the interests of the Maldivian people in the case lodged with the International Tribunal of the Law of the Seas (ITLOS) over the disputed maritime territory between Maldives and Mauritius.

The party’s disciplinary committee decided to expel Azim from the party on Tuesday.

They are all members of Nasheed’s ‘Fikuregge Dhirun’ faction.

However, Nasheed has yet to resign from the party.

Despite the resignation of the 12 MPs, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih continues to hold full control of the Parliament with 56 MPs.

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The Cambodian Prime Minister arrives in the Maldives on an official visit

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1 year ago

15/01/2023

The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, arrived Sunday morning on an official visit to the Maldives at the invitation of H.E. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. It is Samdech Techo Prime Minister Hun Sen’s first visit to the Maldives.

The Cambodian Prime Minister and accompanying delegation were received at Velana International Airport (VIA) by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdulla Shahid (ODRI). The government will hold a ceremony on Monday to officially welcome the Cambodian Prime Minister to the Maldives.

During the visit, President Solih would meet with Samdech Techo Prime Minister Hun Sen and hold official talks on strengthening bilateral cooperation, followed by the exchange of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between the two countries. President Solih and the Cambodian Prime Minister would also deliver a joint statement on the outcomes of their discussions.

The Maldives and Cambodia established diplomatic relations on September 21, 1995.

Source(s): President Office.